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[Field notes] 1939

by: Macmillan, Lindsay; American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Whitney South Sea Expeditions Collection; American Museum of Natural History; Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941)

Publication date: 1939
Usage: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Topics: Birds, Description and travel, Travel, Scientific expeditions, Macmillan, Lindsay, Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941), Scientific expeditions, Scientific expeditions
Collection: fieldnotesclir2016; amnhfieldbooks; biodiversity; americanmuseumnaturalhistory
Contributor: American Museum of Natural History Library
Language: English
Rights: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/permissions
Rights-holder: American Museum of Natural History Library
Item Size: 93.0M

Bound volume with notes in ink and pencil

Includes index in front

Pages 66 to 124 are blank

Includes specifications regarding various species desired for this span of the expedition which explored the region of New Caledonia. Data includes how many AMNH has and wants, the exchange value, the total permit, the number for Noumea and remarks. General observations and notes are made and dated for each entry, and a very few specific specimens are numbered. Macmillan led the Whitney South Sea Expedition from 1935 to 1940 and his wife Joy accompanied him on the expedition, acting as assistant

Lindsay Macmillan was trained by A.J. Marshall, a well-known Australian ornithologist. Before joining the expedition, Macmillan was already well-versed in skinning and collecting bird specimens. He left the Whitney expedition to join the Australian military during World War II

Part of AMNH Ornithology Archives

Cataloged through a 2015 Leon Levy Foundation Archives grant

Abstract: Includes specifications regarding various species desired for this span of the expedition which explored the region of New Caledonia. Data includes how many AMNH has and wants, the exchange value, the total permit, the number for Noumea and remarks. General observations and notes are made and dated for each entry, and a very few specific specimens are numbered. Macmillan led the Whitney South Sea Expedition from 1935 to 1940 and his wife Joy accompanied him on the expedition, acting as assistant.
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Call number: 100220752
Call-number: 100220752
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Genre: Field notes
Identifier: fieldnotes193900macm
Identifier-ark: ark:/13960/t8md44r4p
Identifier-bib: 100220752
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Pages: 148
Possible copyright status: In copyright. Digitized with the permission of the rights holder.
Ppi: 307
Scanning-institution: American Museum of Natural History Library
Year: 1939
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